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Review: Interventions for the Treatment of Defecatory Disorders
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:47h | UTCSurgical Interventions and the Use of Device-Aided Therapy for the Treatment of Fecal Incontinence and Defecatory Disorders – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, via Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Oral Once-Weekly Drug Delivery System for HIV Antiretroviral Therapy
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:43h | UTCCommentary: Swallowing A ‘Mini-Pillbox’ Could Change The Way HIV Drugs Are Delivered – NPR (free) AND HIV could be treated with a once-a-week pill – Medical News Today (free)
Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter
Systematic Review: mHealth Interventions for Maternal and Child Health
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:44h | UTC
Biotech Innovations: iPhone–Based Device Helps Treat River Blindness
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:41h | UTCiPhone–Based Device Helps Treat River Blindness – JAMA (free)
Position Statement on Informal Breast Milk Sharing for the Term Healthy Infant
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:40h | UTCNews release: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Issues Guidance on Informal Milk Sharing for Healthy Term infants (free)
Opinion: Why Scientists Need to do More About Research Fraud
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:42h | UTCWhy scientists need to do more about research fraud – The Guardian (free)
Meta-Analysis: What Proportion of People Who Try One Cigarette Become Daily Smokers?
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:39h | UTCWhat Proportion of People Who Try One Cigarette Become Daily Smokers? A Meta-Analysis of Representative Surveys – Nicotine & Tobacco Research (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: One cigarette ‘may lead to habit for more than two-thirds of people’ – The Guardian (free) AND Most people who try one cigarette become daily smokers, study says – BBC (free) AND At least 3 out of 5 people who try a cigarette become daily smokers – Queen Mary University of London, via ScienceDaily (free)
Fri, January 12 – 10 Stories of The Day!
12 Jan, 2018 | 00:55h | UTC
1 – Bioethics: 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (selected free texts)
‘Frankenstein’ Reflects The Hopes And Fears Of Every Scientific Era – The Atlantic (Free) AND The Horror Story That Haunts Science: Two Hundred Years Later, Frankenstein still Shocks And Inspires – Science (free) AND Infographic: Creating a modern monster – Science (free) AND Taming the Monsters of Tomorrow – Science (free) AND Dr Frankenstein’s Bioethical Experiment – The Lancet (Free Registration Required)
See related opinion and commentaries in Get Ready For A Tsunami Of ECGs
3 – Which stent is best for heart attacks? – Evidently Cochrane (free)
Original article: Drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents for acute coronary syndrome – Cochrane Library (free)
“The current review suggests that using DES rather than BMS may reduce the need for future coronary procedures but there is no evidence that it saves lives or reduces major cardiovascular events”.
Commentaries: Premature Infants Particularly Vulnerable to ADHD – Psychiatric Times (free) AND ADHD and Early Experience: Revisiting the Case of Low Birth Weight – Pediatrics (free)
5 – Acid-Suppressive Drug Use During Pregnancy and the Risk of Childhood Asthma: A Meta-analysis – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Antacids During Pregnancy Tied to Asthma in Children – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Is antacid use during pregnancy tied to childhood asthma? – Reuters (free)
6 – Prenatal exposure to acetaminophen and children’s language development at 30 months – European Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Is acetaminophen really safe in pregnancy? – Medical News Today (free) AND Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Associated With Elevated Rate of Language Delay in Girls, Mount Sinai Researchers Find – Mount Sinai Health System, via NewsWise (free)
7 – Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Reduces Incident Frailty Risk: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail – Wiley, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Mediterranean Diet May Lessen Frailty Risk in Older Adults – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentaries: Mediterranean Diet Improves Mental Health, Study Finds – Mad in America (free) AND Mediterranean Diet Improves Depression – Mescape (free registration required)
9 – Cardiovascular Risk Factors After Adolescent Bariatric Surgery – Pediatrics (free)
Commentary: Bariatric Surgery Helps Teens With Severe Obesity Reduce Heart Disease Risk – NPR (free) AND Teens show decreased risk for heart disease later in life after bariatric surgery – Nationwide Children’s Hospital, via ScienceDaily (free)
10 – Risk of suicide and non-fatal self-harm after bariatric surgery: results from two matched cohort studies – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Bariatric Surgery Associated with Higher Suicide Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Thu, January 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!
11 Jan, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC
News release: APA Releases New Practice Guideline on Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder – American Psychiatry Association (free)
Commentary: New Alcohol Use Disorder Guideline Emphasizes Medication – Medscape (free registration required)
2 – News Release: AAOS approves diagnostic and treatment criteria for osteoarthritis of the hip – American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (free)
See Apropriate Use Criteria: Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip (free)
Related AAOS Guideline: Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip (free PDF)
Commentary: AAOS: Non-Surgical Tx Best for Hip OA – MedPage Today (free registration required)
3 – Too much screening has misled us about real cancer risk factors, experts say – STAT (free) AND Overscreening for Cancer Yields Misleading Results – MedPage Today (free) AND Could finding more cancer lead us to understand risk factors less? – HealthNewsReview (free)
Original article: Scrutiny-Dependent Cancer and Self-fulfilling Risk Factors – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
4 – Opinion: The Less-Is-More Crusade — Are We Overmedicalizing or Oversimplifying? (free)
Commentaries rebutting the opinion: In Defense of Less-Is-More – Medscape (free registration required) AND Has “Less is More” gone too far? The New England Journal says it has – Lown Institute (free) AND Ms. Inappropriate Defends The Status Quo – Cardiobrief (free) AND Nuance And The Healthcare Apocalypse – Cardiobrief (free)
5 – Pharmacotherapy for obesity: What you need to know – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
6 – How Big Tech is Going After Your Health Care – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
7 – Perspective: Evidence-Based Health Policy – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
8 – Sugar tax: why health experts want it but politicians and industry are resisting – The Guardian (free)
Related: Beverage consumption taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages AND The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities AND Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases AND Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies
Commentaries: Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Lower Autism Risk – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Folic Acid, Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Cut ASD Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Are Vitamin Supplements Used Before or During Pregnancy Associated with Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder? – The JAMA Network (free)
10 – Association of Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy With the Risk of Autistic Traits in Children Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs In Utero – JAMA Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lack of Folic Acid Supplements During Pregnancy Linked With Increased Autism Risk in Children Exposed to Seizure Drugs In Utero – Medical Research (free) AND Folic Acid in Pregnant Women on Antiepileptic Drugs Linked to Lower Autism Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Folic Acid May Limit Autism Traits in Children of Epileptic Women – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Folic acid lessens autism risk for fetal anti-epileptic exposure – MedicalXpress (free)
Research: Malnutrition Diagnosis during Adult Inpatient Hospitalizations
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:29h | UTCMalnutrition Diagnosis during Adult Inpatient Hospitalizations: Analysis of a Multi-Institutional Collaborative Database of Academic Medical Centers – Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Malnutrition remains underdiagnosed, undertreated for decades among hospitalized patients – News Medical (free)
Research: Incremental Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:27h | UTCIncremental effects of antihypertensive drugs: instrumental variable analysis – The BMJ (free)
Commentary: Addition of new class of antihypertensive drug effective for lowering BP – Clinical Advisor (free)
Opinion: We’re Not Ready for a Flu Pandemic
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:24h | UTCWe’re Not Ready for a Flu Pandemic – The New York Times (free)
Recommendation Statement: Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:23h | UTCEditorials: Evolving Recommendations for Scoliosis Screening: A Compelling Need for Further Research (free) AND Early Detection of Scoliosis—What the USPSTF “I” Means for Us (free)
Author interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (free)
Commentaries: Not Enough Evidence on Benefits, Harms of Routine Scoliosis Screening for Children and Adolescents – The JAMA Network (free) AND U.S. doctors not certain all kids need scoliosis screening – Reuters (free)
Guideline: Treatment of Non-neurogenic Male LUTS
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:24h | UTCTreatment of Non-neurogenic Male LUTS – European Urology Association (free, but not accessible via mobile devices) (via @KariTikkinen)
Report: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:20h | UTCReport: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries : Unacceptable and Preventable – The World Bank (free PDF) (via @equitylist)
Press release: Road Deaths and Injuries Hold Back Economic Growth in Developing Countries (free)
Key Findings: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries : Unacceptable and Preventable – The World Bank (free)
Review: Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:17h | UTC
Guideline: Pharmacological Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:18h | UTCNews release: APA Releases New Practice Guideline on Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder – American Psychiatry Association (free)
Commentary: New Alcohol Use Disorder Guideline Emphasizes Medication – Medscape (free registration required)
Open Access 2017: A Year of Stand-Offs, Showdowns, & Funders’ Own Journals
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:16h | UTC
Sugar Tax: Why Health Experts Want it But Politicians and Industry are Resisting
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:20h | UTCSugar tax: why health experts want it but politicians and industry are resisting – The Guardian (free)
Related: Beverage consumption taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages AND The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities AND Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases AND Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies
Research: Effect of Physical Activity on Frailty
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:16h | UTCEffect of Physical Activity on Frailty: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Structured exercise may offer mobility benefits to all older patients, regardless of frailty – ACP Internist (free) AND Exercise may reduce disability even in frail elders – Reuters (free) AND Effect of Physical Activity on Frailty – Summary for Patients, Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Meta-Analysis: Patent Forame Ovale Closure Tied to Lower Risk for Recurrent Stroke
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:15h | UTCPercutaneous PFO Closure Tied to Lower Risk for Recurrent Stroke – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Meta-Analyses Support Stroke Prevention With PFO Closure – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Original article 1: Device Closure Versus Medical Therapy Alone for Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients With Cryptogenic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Original article 2: Percutaneous Closure Versus Medical Treatment in Stroke Patients With Patent Foramen Ovale: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Richard Smith: A Big Brother future for science publishing?
10 Jan, 2018 | 12:51h | UTCRichard Smith: A Big Brother future for science publishing? – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Research: Ambient Carbon Monoxide and Cardiovascular Mortality
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:13h | UTCSee 2 other recent studies showing the association of air pollution and mortality: Association of Short-term Exposure to Air Pollution With Mortality in Older Adults AND Air Pollution and Mortality in the Medicare Population
Related: The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO – World Health Organization (free) AND Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015 – The Lancet (free) AND Death in the Air: Air Pollution Costs Money and Lives – World Bank (free infographic and report)
Research: Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism in Offspring
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:34h | UTCCommentaries: Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Lower Autism Risk – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Folic Acid, Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Cut ASD Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Are Vitamin Supplements Used Before or During Pregnancy Associated with Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder? – The JAMA Network (free)
Research: Silent Myocardial Infarction and Long-Term Risk of Heart Failure
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:12h | UTCSilent Myocardial Infarction and Long-Term Risk of Heart Failure: The ARIC Study – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Silent MI and the Risk of Heart Failure – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Silent MI associated with downstream heart failure risk – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Heart Failure Risk Following ‘Silent’ MI Warrants Scrutiny: ARIC Analysis – TCTMD (free) AND Silent MI Predicts Heart Failure, Deserves More Respect as CHD Risk Factor – Medscape (free registration required)